Sentence examples for backed bid from inspiring English sources

The layoffs, part of a judicially backed bid to rescue the airline from liquidation, were widely expected following last week's sale of the airline in a $500 million deal with VarigLog.

Shares in Morrisons ended the day up a penny to 238p after rising as high as 250p, as investors bet that a serious private-equity backed bid for Morrisons was unlikely given the potential costs of financing a deal and the poor performance of the business.

Separate acquisition offers from International Power, private equity group Texas Pacific, and a private equity backed bid from Constellation Energy were rejected for undervaluing the company.

Goldman Sachs also backed bids for United Kingdom-based television network ITV and Associated British Ports.

The departing London mayor Boris Johnson previously backed bidding for the 2022 Commonwealth Games but later cooled on the idea.

It is backing bids by PetroChina to acquire control of other oil companies like Singapore Petroleum.

"The time has come to debate these extremely serious allegations properly, otherwise we will come to a point where governments will think twice about backing bids to stage World Cups," the Conservative member for Folkestone and Hythe said.

Opponents also have not backed a bid by Comcast to buy Disney, which the Disney board has rejected, though that bid also ratcheted up the pressure on Eisner.

Gingrich backed a bid to impeach and remove the president from office.

The US backed a bid by the United Arab Emirates to host a major international agency promoting green energy.

Percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie last week also backed the bid.